The Western Interdisciplinary Drone Laboratory

西方跨学科无人机实验室

• 批准号: RTI-2020-00775
• 负责人: Osinski, Gordon
• 金额: $ 9.06万
• 依托单位: University of Western Ontario
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Research Tools and Instruments
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2019-01-01 至 2020-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=693362
• 关键词: Western; Interdisciplinary; Drone; Laboratory

The goal of this NSERC RTI grant is to establish a new research laboratory at Western called the Western Interdisciplinary Drone Laboratory (WIDL). The requested equipment will support the research programs of one senior (Osinski) and three junior (Goda, Molnar, Neish) faculty in the Department of Earth Sciences as well as several others from across campus. As demonstrated by the fact that we have 2 male (Osinski, Goda) and 2 female (Molnar, Neish) applicants, diversity in team composition is, and will continue to be, an intentional consideration in building the expertise of the research team. ******This equipment will enable cutting-edge new research to be conducted, across a broad range of topics, with a focus on the following 4 areas: 1) comparative planetology, periglacial geomorphology, post-disaster earthquake surveys, Precambrian geology, and seismic microzonation. In addition, this equipment will also support research by other faculty members at Western in the areas of archaeology, crop disease detection, hydrology, and mineral exploration. These disparate fields have a common theme which is field science in often remote, inaccessible and/or dangerous environments. Cross-cutting products required by the applicants include digital elevation models (DEMs), high-resolution imagery, and compositional information on surface deposits and rocks.******Once reliant on a “boots on the ground approach”, an increasingly common method is to collect data remotely this epitomizes the rapidly expanding field of remote sensing. Historically, remote sensing has entailed the use of satellite imagery or airborne surveys collected from helicopters and airplanes, which is expensive and difficult to acquire in real-time. Due to recent technological advancements, there has been an explosion of the development and use of small-scale unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or drones. The use of drones will revolutionize data collection for the applicants' field research programs. They will allow for the collection of low-cost data in real-time; quick access to sites where access is hazardous to people and/or wheeled vehicles (e.g., large-scale landslides, cliffs/gorges, blocky lava flows, etc.); and they can be easily transported and used anywhere in the world. In summary, these lightweight portable platforms provide a bird's eye view of a field site in an on-demand, low-cost, remotely deployable platform. The equipment requested here includes fixed-wing drones to enable rapid coverage of large areas, and quadcopters, which have higher lift capacity to carry additional payloads and have increased manoeuvrability for mapping areas at low altitudes. Requested sensors include visible and multispectral cameras, and LiDAR. In addition to representing a paradigm shift in research at Western, the acquisition of this equipment will significantly enhance the quality and extent of training by providing unique new opportunities for students to receive hands-on training in remote sensing.

这项NSERC RTI赠款的目标是在西方的西方跨学科无人机实验室（WIDL）建立一个新的研究实验室。所请求的设备将支持一个高级（Osinski）和地球科学系的三名初级（Goda，Molnar，Neish）的研究计划，以及来自校园的其他一些研究计划。正如我们有2个男性（Osinski，Goda）和2位女性（Molnar，Neish）应用的事实所证明的那样，团队组成的多样性是并且将继续是在建立研究团队专业知识时的故意考虑。 *****该设备将使跨越广泛的主题进行最先进的新研究，重点关注以下四个领域：1）比较行星学，周期性的地貌，后陈列机后地震调查，前寒武纪地质学和静脉微调。此外，该设备还将支持西方在考古疾病检测，水文学和矿物探索领域的其他教职员工的研究。这些不同的领域具有一个共同的主题，即通常是遥远，无法访问和/或危险环境中的现场科学。申请人所需的横切产品包括数字高程模型（DEMS），高分辨率图像以及有关地面沉积物和岩石的组成信息。******曾经在“地面方法上的靴子”上可靠，越来越常见的方法是，一种越来越常见的方法是远见，这表明了远程远程敏感性的快速攻击。从历史上看，遥远的敏感性需要使用从直升机和飞机中收集的卫星图像或机载调查，这是昂贵且难以实时获取的。由于最近的技术进步，小型无人机（UAV）或无人机的开发和使用爆炸了。无人机的使用将彻底改变申请人现场研究计划的数据收集。他们将允许实时收集低成本数据；快速访问对人和/或轮式车辆危险的地点（例如，大型滑坡，悬崖/峡谷，块状熔岩流等）；它们可以轻松地运输和使用世界任何地方。总而言之，这些轻巧的便携式平台在按需，低成本，可部署的平台中提供了鸟类的视野。此处要求的设备包括固定翼无人机，以快速覆盖大面积和四杆机，它们具有较高的升力能力，可以携带额外的有效载荷，并具有更高的可操作性，以便在低海拔地区映射区域。请求的传感器包括可见的和多光谱摄像机以及LIDAR。除了代表西方研究的范式转变外，该设备的获取还将通过为学生提供独特的新机会，从而大大提高培训的质量和程度。